Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme (10/57/23)
Article History
First Online: 25 June 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Funding for the TTO study as part of the OPEN trial was provided by the UK National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR’s) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Project 10/57/23. The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the HTA Programme, the NIHR, the NHS, or the Department of Health.
: Authors JS, MB, LV and RP declare no conflict of interests.
: Favourable ethical opinion for the trial was obtained from the NHS Research Ethics Service Committee North East—Newcastle and North Tyneside 1 (reference: 12/NE/0343).
: All participants provided informed, written consent prior to participating in a TTO interview.
: The dataset generated and analysed in the current study is not publicly available because no consent was sought for data sharing when TTO interviews were conducted. Access to anonymised data may be available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request and would be subject to ethical review.